Fern DeFay

The IrReverend Miss Lady Fern DeFay If I was to create a modern fairy tale of a fairy changeling formed by the love affair of a tree nymph & satyr incarnated though a human mother with fairy blood to become the magical heir to their shared fae lineage & bring The Ancestors through to the Modern Age to usher a Magical Revival of the Old Ways into the New World, it wouldn’t be too far off from my own life story!
When I was the magical #13 years old my mother, “came out of the broom closet,” & began to teach me in “the Ways of the Wise” of our Celtic Ancestors & their Fairy Gods & Goddesses. I began my training as a “World Walker” & spent my years in high school living a double life as an Honor Roll Student by day & Teen Witch training in The Craft by moon light. Before puberty set in I considered myself a “Born Again Pagan” & I was resolute to make the life changing decision to give myself as a virgin offering to the Goddess & devoted myself as a Priestess’ Assistant & Altar Girl. Upon graduation I enrolled in secular university studying Anthropology with a specialty in World Religion & Ritual, while simultaneously undergoing training in a Pagan Mystery School (founded & taught by my mother) to become a Priestess of Love & “Fairy Cunning Woman” with emphasis in Druid Magic & Faery Lore.
In my post collegic years I have founded the Church of Funk & have been facilitating Funk Baptisms for those that wish to become Funk Super Heros know as Star Children serving as Lighthouse Flashlights to be the Mothership Connection wherever they live & roam!* I have been in attendance at the Fairy Human Relations Congress since it’s second year missing only one since then due to illness* I have been blessed with the ongoing most glamorous gig as Night Time Tea Fairy so feel free to find me there for a chat in the Tea Haven while together at the Fairy Congress!***

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The Deeper Mysteries of Celtic Tree Magic as Gateways to the Faery Realms

An advanced level crash course in the Druidic Tree Correspondence System as doorways to interdemensional portals that connect specific types of trees to specific Provences in the Faery Realms of Ancient Ireland*This talk will cover the basics of the Geography of Ancient Irish Human & Faery Realm Provences of each of the Elemental Directions*to understand these Deeper Mysteries there will be an overview of the Ogham Tree Language & Calendar to illuminate how these Sacred Trees did not just serve as time keepers, mystic wisdom holders & healers for the Druids, but as portals to interdemensional travel between the UpperWorld, the Planes (where we live) & the UnderWorld***This class will work with advanced teachings but requires no pre-requisites & is open to all who are interested in discussing the Deeper Mysteries of Faery Tree Magic

Join your Human & Feral Fairy Allies in our Sacred Circle in the Prayer Flags during the magical portal time of twilight to do hands on magic as a group during the Blue Light of the “Purple Door” of Dusk*The evening twilight of summer solstice is known in fairy lore to be the easiest time for mortal humans to shift between the Realms for glimpses of the Fae & even holds the potential of traveling to their realms!*during this season of the summer solstice fairy magic let’s use this seasonal mojo to enhance our 2nd Sight so we may see the fairies more easily not just at the Fairy Congress but throughout the rest of our lives!* I will be sharing one of my favorite fairy glamour spells I inherited from my mother Lady Cyn & we will be making it as a alchemical potion held in the form of herbal tea to enhance our fairy sight*we will enjoy sacred chants & merry songs with our communion tob b e followed by star gazing*prepare with warm clothing & bring plushies for our late night magic tea party with the fairies as it gets cold quickly after twilight turns to dark fall.